Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only bright spot for the inundated Indians was football star Gene Ryzewicz, who cracked out three hits--including a double and a home run--in five trips to the plate...
...McLoone jumped to the lead and held it for about six laps with Hardin second, Shorter third, and the phenomenal Baker a strong fourth. Hardin jumped to the lead with a half-mile left, and Shorter surged past McLoone into the important second spot...
After three years in the minors, during which he lost more games (30) than he won (28) but struck out 496 bat ters in 467 innings, Koosman won a spot in the Mets' rotation this spring. In his first game, he shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-0; in his second, he whiffed Willie Mays with the bases loaded ("It was no great thrill") and blanked the San Francisco Giants, 3-0. "I'll challenge any hitter around," says Jerry, "as long as my fastball holds up and I have a curve that can keep them...
...winning two big winter stakes in Florida, but he is footsore from his strenuous campaign (27 races in two years) and has also been scratched. There is no shortage of favorite sons: Derby officials predict a field of 17 horses, most of whose owners would happily settle for second spot on a parimutuel ticket. At the moment, the Derby looks like a two-horse race-between a front runner who has scored four stakes victories this year, and a come-from-behind colt with connections in Massachusetts and New York...
...beginning to roll. Opponents fall like flies, when the husky senior has his booming serve and overhead under control. Gonzales has also teamed with hockey star Kent Parrot to form a crack doubles combination. With Levin on the sidelines, they will occasionally get a shot at the number one spot...